University of Lincoln benefits the City.......

University applications for the first year with tuition fees of up to £9,000 are up in Lincoln, despite a national drop of almost 9%.

UCAS figures published on Monday show the number of UK university applications dropped by 8.7% nationally.

In Lincoln, however, the number of applications has actually increased.

Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln recorded an increase of 18.1% in applications to the official deadline of January 15, to 1,919 from 1,585 last year.

BG is charging £7,500 per year for student tuition fees for the majority of its courses and £9,000 for PGCE courses.

The University of Lincoln, which had to reduce its student intake by 11% due to funding cuts, has seen a slight increase of 0.5% in applications as well.

Applications for its £9,000 per year courses went up to 12,576 from 12,387.

University Registrar Chris Spendlove said: “We have seen strong demand for subjects with clearly defined routes into established professions, with notable increases in applications for engineering, accountancy, architecture, nursing and law, among others.”

The University of Lincoln also noted an increase of almost 75% in applications from international students, mainly from China and India, while EU applications remained “steady”.

UCAS Chief Executive Mary Curnock Cook said: “Our analysis shows that decreases in demand are slightly larger in more advantaged groups than in the disadvantaged groups.

“The indications are that demand for HE will continue to outstrip the number of places available in 2012.

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Health challenge for Indian restaurants in Lincolnshire

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

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INDIAN restaurants have completed a project that challenged them to offer healthier dishes with no difference to taste.

Five restaurants in Lincolnshire created new menus which had significantly reduced fat, salt and calorie content from last year.

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The outlets, including The Passage to India on High Street in Lincoln, and Mowgli, Metheringham were part of a pilot scheme, called Health by Stealth, run by NHS Lincolnshire.

Dr Tony Hill, director of public health for NHS Lincolnshire, said: "This project is innovative because we are trying to change the behaviour of those who supply the food rather than directly targeting consumers to ask them to cut down or cut out."

Work on the project begun after testing at 60 East Midlands restaurants by Trading Standard. uncovered high levels of salt, saturated fat and calories in many takeaway dishes. The other restaurants in the project were The Star of India, Boston, The Agra, Sleaford and Kismet, Grantham.

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Drill Hall, Lincoln

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Oh for a great little walk around Lincoln just to get out of the house. Journey from Nocton not too bad since the roads were clear of snow and ice.

Car park - treacherous!

Pavements - not too good!

Number of shoppers - not too many!

Possibly everyone is broke or not wanting to venture out on such a cold day.

We went to the Drill Hall, Lincoln  for a coffee and to our surprise there was a folk singer entertaining everyone. What a treat!

The trees are up today.....

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Yes - the trees are up and the decorations and some lights above the garage. We're in business for Christmas 2009. I'm tired now though. Been at it all day. Looking forward to my lamb chops and some different trimmings!

Where's the recession? Not in Lincoln

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Well there's a recession, so they tell us.

Been going on for a couple of years - deep & entrenched.

But Where does this beast exist? Not on the streets of Lincoln.....as far as I can see. We've just experienced our first few weeks in the city and its vibrant and busy. There are some serious shoppers here.

Lincoln Xmas Market, 2009

I'm thrilled.

Arrangements are in hand for a night out at Lincoln Xmas Market.

We're meeting with friends and touring the environs of Bailgate to savour some mulled wine and perhaps more. Never been to a proper Xmas market before although my wife has been to several on the Continent. She recommends Prague although very cold in December.

Wonder how the 2 cities compare?